Yesterday, Aidan and I harvested the 2014 hop crop. Not too bad for 2 year old plants. The Newport and Willamette hops did produce a small amount of hops, unlike last year. The Galena plant did amazing this year. Almost two pounds of wet hops harvested. Here are some pics below. Thanks to Big Dan for letting us borrow his FoodSaver vacuum sealer to package the hops for freezing.
Wet Weights
Galena: 1 lb, 13 oz
Newport: 2.25 oz
Willamette: 0.0875 oz
Dry Weights
Galena: 13.25 oz
Newport: 1.25 oz
Willamette: 0.50 oz
Wet Weights
Galena: 1 lb, 13 oz
Newport: 2.25 oz
Willamette: 0.0875 oz
Dry Weights
Galena: 13.25 oz
Newport: 1.25 oz
Willamette: 0.50 oz
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| Pre-harvest photo |
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| Hops lowered for picking |
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| Clean bines |
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| Galena hops |
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| Big Galena hop cone |
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| Galena hops |
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| Weighing the Galena |
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| Yup |
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| Drying the Newport and Willamette |
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| Clean hop bines. I might make them into a wreath. |
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| The aftermath |
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| Drying the Galena |
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| Packaged Newport |
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| Packaged Willamette |
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| Dryed and packaged Galena |
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| Dryed and packaged Galena |
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| Packaged and in the freezer |
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